Re: Anyone jumped a Paradactyl?

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From: Philip Yzarn de Louraille
Date: Sun, 30 Jun 1991 04:32

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In article <16011@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM> rand@skydiver.Eng.Sun.COM (Iconoclast at large) writes:
>above the ground he flew into/backed into a fairly 
>inexperienced jumper.  The Paradactyl collapsed around
>the inexperienced guy and kinda made his canopy start
>to spin which I guess freaked him out...so he cut away
>resulting in a double fatality. 
>
>I'm not blaming the Paradactyl, it was just the last
>time I ever saw one.

Maybe I'm weird but this is a rather funny story! Thank you for sharing
it!
(with apologies to the participants of that jump. ;-) )
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  Philip Yzarn de Louraille                 Internet: yzarn@chevron.com
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From: yzarn@lhdsy1.chevron.com (Philip Yzarn de Louraille)
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Subject: Re: Anyone jumped a Paradactyl?
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Date: 30 Jun 91 04:32:49 GMT
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